Author: Brandon Thurston

Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. In addition to wrestling media outlets, he’s published articles with Vice (Motherboard), The Daily Beast, and Front Office Sports. He’s worked as an independent wrestler from 2003 to 2021 and a wrestling trainer from 2015 to 2020.

Cagematch Ratings for WWE Backlash France, WWE Monday Night RAW and more | Match ratings for May 2 to May 9, 2024

Match of the week:
Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima
Rating: 8.94 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2)
TJPW Yes! Wonderland 2024 (May 6, 2024)

⭐️ = 2.0 ratings points.

All match ratings from Cagematch.net as of May 10, 2024 03:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

Matches included here meet any one of these conditions: a) rated matches with at least 10 votes from WWE, AEW, or New Japan; or b) have a rating greater than or equal to 8.50; or c) have a vote count in the top 10 percentile among matches with ratings for this week.

May 3 (Fri) – NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024

  • Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe vs. Oleg Boltin & Shoma Kato: 4.00 (⭐️⭐️) (15 votes)
  • DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku vs. SHO & Yujiro Takahashi: 3.73 (⭐️ 3/4) (25 votes)
  • Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan vs. Taichi & Yuya Uemura: 5.15 (⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (26 votes)
  • El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Jado vs. Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste: 5.52 (⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (24 votes)
  • Chase Owens, KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Hirooki Goto, Tiger Mask & YOSHI-HASHI: 3.48 (⭐️ 3/4) (22 votes)
  • BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd & Gedo: 5.40 (⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (24 votes)
  • El Desperado, Jon Moxley & Shota Umino vs. EVIL, Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 5.38 (⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (36 votes)
  • Jeff Cobb vs. Zack Sabre Jr.: 7.71 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (103 votes)
  • David Finlay vs. Yota Tsuji: 6.97 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (75 votes)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Nic Nemeth: 6.53 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (73 votes)

May 3 (Fri) – WWE Friday Night SmackDown

  • Asuka, Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane & Tiffany Stratton vs. Bayley, Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill & Naomi: 6.42 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (102 votes)
  • Authors Of Pain vs. New Catch Republic: 6.38 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (103 votes)
  • Angel vs. LA Knight: 5.18 (⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (93 votes)
  • Street Profits vs. A-Town Down Under: 6.43 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (96 votes)

May 4 (Sat) – NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2024

  • Jet Wei & Naoki Sakurajima vs. Katsuya Murashima & Togi Makabe: 4.33 (⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (14 votes)
  • TMDK vs. Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask: 5.39 (⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (17 votes)
  • DOUKI & Yuya Uemura vs. Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan: 5.43 (⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (20 votes)
  • Callum Newman & Jeff Cobb vs. Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.: 6.41 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (26 votes)
  • El Desperado, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Shota Umino vs. EVIL, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi: 4.86 (⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (21 votes)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi & Oleg Boltin vs. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku: 4.25 (⭐️⭐️) (23 votes)
  • BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji vs. Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori: 4.54 (⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (23 votes)
  • Chase Owens & KENTA vs. Bishamon: 3.95 (⭐️⭐️) (42 votes)
  • Gabe Kidd vs. Shingo Takagi: 8.57 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (153 votes)
  • David Finlay vs. Nic Nemeth: 6.88 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (72 votes)
  • Jon Moxley vs. Ren Narita: 5.76 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (81 votes)

May 4 (Sat) – NOAH Wrestle Magic 2024

  • El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Kaito Kiyomiya: 8.68 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (70 votes)

May 4 (Sat) – WWE Backlash France

  • Kevin Owens & Randy Orton vs. Solo Sikoa & Tama Tonga: 8.10 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) (555 votes)
  • Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton: 7.17 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (492 votes)
  • Damian Priest vs. Jey Uso: 6.79 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (490 votes)
  • Kabuki Warriors vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill: 5.98 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (466 votes)
  • AJ Styles vs. Cody Rhodes: 8.61 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (603 votes)

May 5 (Sun) – Stardom

  • Hazuki & Koguma vs. Crazy Star: 8.88 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (58 votes)

May 6 (Mon) – TJPW Yes! Wonderland 2024

  • Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima: 8.94 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (96 votes)

May 6 (Mon) – WWE Monday Night RAW

  • Finn Balor vs. Jey Uso: 6.23 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (203 votes)
  • IYO SKY vs. Natalya: 7.35 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (219 votes)
  • Ilja Dragunov vs. Ricochet: 8.71 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (356 votes)
  • Ivy Nile vs. Zoey Stark: 4.95 (⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (166 votes)
  • Dakota Kai vs. Lyra Valkyria: 6.09 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (170 votes)
  • Gunther vs. Sheamus: 8.86 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2) (370 votes)

May 7 (Tue) – WWE NXT

  • Josh Briggs vs. Wes Lee: 6.59 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (43 votes)
  • Fallon Henley vs. Kelani Jordan: 5.66 (⭐️⭐️ 3/4) (37 votes)
  • Chelsea Green vs. Roxanne Perez: 5.81 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (46 votes)

May 8 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite

  • Orange Cassidy vs. Trent Beretta: 5.87 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (101 votes)
  • Harley Cameron vs. Mariah May: 6.00 (⭐️⭐️⭐️) (99 votes)
  • Jay White vs. Rocky Romero: 6.58 (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4) (91 votes)
  • Adam Copeland vs. Brody King: 8.00 (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) (125 votes)

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AEW Dynamite, May 8 on TBS: 711,000 viewers; 0.24 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis

TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, May. 8, 2024: 8:00 to 10:08 pm

711,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.24

Reported earlier by PWTorch.

Updated with competition notes and demographic information.

Competition note: Dynamite was #6 for the day on cable in P18-49. It was outranked by the NBA playoff game between the Knicks and Pacers on TNT, which was head-to-head with Dynamite and averaged 4,338,000 viewers and a 1.48 P18-49 rating. Also outranking by Dynamite were the Inside the NBA telecast after the game on TNT (1,847,000 viewers; 0.64 P18-49), Bruins-Panthers on ESPN (1,822,000; 0.54), the NBA pre-game show on TNT (1,215,000; 0.41), and the Oilers-Canucks game on ESPN (902,000; 0.34).

P2+ comparisons:

  • This episode vs. last week (703,000): +1%

  • This episode vs. trailing four weeks (742,000): -4%

  • Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (738,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (855,000): -14%

  • Current May 2024 P2+ average (707,000) vs. May 2023 (847,000): -17%

P18-49 comparisons:

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